Tool-box



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B. CALDWELL.

TOOL BOX.

No. 398,700. Patented Feb. 26. 1889.

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E. CALDWELL.

TOOL BOX.

No. 398,700. Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

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TOOL-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,700, dated February26, 1880. Application tile-ii Dercnllier 20, 1888. Serial Ne. 294,216,11% model.

Be it known that I, Em ti-uinwnmxa eitizen of the United States of i=.meriea,residing at East Las Vegas, in the eountv ot- San M iguel andTerritory of New Mexieo, have invented certain new and usefulln'il'uovements in (our binatiion 'lool- Boxes; and I do hereby deelarethe following to be a full, elear, and exact deseription of theinvention, sueh as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, refereneebeinghad to the aeeompanvine drawings, and to letters or figures of ret'ereuee markedthereon, whieh form a part of this speeitieation.

My invention relates to new and usel'ul improvements in etnnbinatioutool and oil boxes adapted to be situated on the right and left sides ofengine-Winters, on the right and left side of the coal-pit: and iteonsists in the novel construction and arrangement or eombination of theparts thereof, as will be more fully hereinafter deseribed and elaimed.

In boxes of this elassheretofore eonstrueted and employed thechiefdisadvantageeneountered was the eolleetion ot dust, t-inder, andsmall pieces of eoal therein. the parts of the oil-cups beealne('loo'e'ed and injured, necessitating the obtaining or others, which intime proves expensive: also, the oil-containing cans were punetured andthe oil allowed to escape and be lost and to render the interior of thebox tilthv, and the j tools and stored waste beeanio sandy and gritty,requiring" eleansine' before they could All such ineonvenienees havepro- 1 be used. (ineed a loss of time and labor, and the use of theseveral appurtenances eonstantl incurred great risk of injury to themaehinery,

The object of my invention is to provide a combination-box ot theeharaeter set forth which shall be dust and einder prool, ol praetieable utility and strength, convenient in form and arrangement, strongand d nrable, readily applicable without special eoust'ruetion, and

inexpensivein manufacture. lnttain thisob jeet by the eonstruetion andarrangement of box shown in the aeeonipanviug t'lrnwings, wherein likeletters of reterenee indieate similar parts in the several views, and inwhich- Figure-l is a perspective view ol. my int-1 tonsetptentlv 1proved box, showing the end door thereof i open, the till partiallydrawn out, and the small lower door raised. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalvertical seetion of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspeetive view of thetill removed from the box. l ig. t is a detail section showing thearrangement of the guide-strips for the till.

A int'lirates the outer box, prel'erablv eonst'ruet'ed of wood, thoughother nn'rt'erials may i be used, and having a door, 1 hine'ed at one iend and openingsidewise. 'lhis door B may be soeured in a elosedposition by a suitable hasp and staple. The top of the box has ametallie plate, t, formed with struck-up sides seeured thereto, l'or apurpose whieh will be hereinafter set forth. The interior opposingsurl'aees ol' the box have upper and lower guide-strips, o and o,seeured thereto, be tween whieh prt'tjeetions on till areadapted toslide and by which said tilt is supported above the bottom of the box. t'lhetray 1 isprovidedat l'roni with an opentopped box or reeeptaele, ll, eonsisting'otf the l end pieees or uprights, d, and trout and rearsides, (1 and d, and within the upper rear eorner ot this box E aresecured strips 6 and r", \Vlllt'll, in eonneetion with the ends and rearside of box IE, form a smallero ten-topped l box, l l',as \"ullv shown.'lhe said upright-st] extend only a short distanee rearward Irom thetrout end ot the tray or till, and between the rear ends thereof and therear end of the tray or till a spavee is formed for the reception ofvariousarticles or devices used in conneetion with aloeomotive-risntrine. The rear end of said till is provided with across-strip, d, whieh prevents the artieles whieh may be held betweenthe rear ends of the uprights (Z and said strip (1' Falling ol'l' whenthe till is withdrawn from the box A.

The lower part of the end ol' the box A, t having the hinged door I isprovided with a small hinged door, lfiwhieh is attaehed to aeross-strip, F. arranged between the bottom l of the till and said lowerdoor. This door 1: 3 extends aeross the entire width of the box A i andopens upward, as shown in Fig. 1. The said door I" e4numunieates with alower eloni gated eom 'ntrtment formed between the bots tom of thetill 1) and the bottom oi' thebox A. In order that the door F may beloeked closethv'ertieal apertures are formed in the strip F and the saiddoor F, and a metallic pin, G, is inserted therein.

The l'eeeptaele E is adapted to reeeive the p'eneral t0uls-wrenehes,eohl whisels, and

hammers; the reeeptzu'le IQ forextra oil-eups.

water-glasses, and such other articles. The reeeptaele formed betweenthe rear of the uprig'lits (I Zilltl the rear strip (1, is for oil eupsflfltl enns, measures, and tt'irelies, and the lower ("mnpnrlluententered lay the luwer small lllHH' is :uluptml in receive lnig'gylmrsilllll lung" wreneln-s, as well as axes, 1)l('l\'. ,:lll(| other toolsused in ease ul' neeitlent.

The metallicplate on the top 0t lmx A is adapted to rest it rake orother hot implement thereon, and thereby save the box from beingcharred.

The many uses to whieli my improved le vice can be readily adapted areselt evitlent, and l (in nut limit myself to any speeinl use.

The doors and hinges in my improvement i 1. A coinhinatiqn tool-box forthe purpose set forth, comprising a box proper hav ng t j hinged door atone enrl opening sidewise, :1 till with toul-receptaeles, and a lowertrainsversely-arranged hinged (lOOl' u 'iening u wartl andeon'ununieating with it lower (mnpm-tment, substantially astltSPI'lilGll.

2.. emnbinatinn tool-box for the purpose set Forth, emnprising' it Imxproper having 2t metallic rest-plate on the 101) tln-reuf, and hingeddoors at nun tlltl upeningsiilewise:tntl upwardly, with ileviees l'm'lot-king: the same elusecl, and :t till mlaptetl to be withdrawn fromand projected into said 1mm hnving'tuoll'tt'llli'fll'ltfi fornnul at one(l](l.tlllti an upen space or renoptnele l'urinetl between the rear ofsaid tuul-reeeptnr'les :uul the rear end til the said till,substantially as (lt'hll'lht'tl.

In testimony whereof laflix in Slflllr'll ure in n'esenee 01' twowitnesses.

lilil (AliIHVhlLln are in positions where they are not easily broken or(lLlJlLllUi.

Having; thus described my invention, what I claim as new, Illlll tlesireto secure ll Y Letters lntent, is

W it nesses:

JOHN H. '1. l liiiiiimixt'nn, 11mm: Grns'r.

